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Mandriva's Open Letter To Steve Ballmer

Posted by kdawson on from the should-have-denied-bill's-visa dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An entry on the Mandriva Blog, written by Mandriva CEO François Bancilhon, says that the Nigerian government, after ordering thousands of Classmate PCs with Mandriva Linux installed, has suddenly decided that they will instead install Windows. They will pay for the pre-loaded Mandriva Linux on the low-cost computing devices intended for children in the developing world, but immmediately replace the OS. The blog doesn't quite use the 'B' word but does suggest that this was not a decision that the Nigerian government made on its own."

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  1. Re:Well, fair is fair. by EXMSFT · · Score: 0, Troll

    Millions? Millions? Um... Ok.

  2. Re:Pretty bold. by Jawnn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Uh..., apparently he knows more details of the deal than you do. Perhaps because he actually RTFA. It was certainly not a "more competative (sic) bid" that prompted the Nigerian government to buy the PC's with Mandriva installed and then pay more money to purchase Windows, and then pay still more money to replace the Mandriva install with Windows.
    Nigeria and Microsoft. Please...
    Occam's Razor says this deal has bribe written all over it until proven otherwise.

  3. Sore downfall - by unity100 · · Score: 1, Troll

    From bribing standards board of sweden, to bribing nigerian government. microsoft is losing its edge it seems.

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